Medicine



Patented Apr. 14, 1931 P-ArE-NT OFFICE I casmsa R. rown, or 11133003, TEXAS "nnnrcmn' No Drawing.

This invention relates to medicinal preparations for use as gerniicides, parasiticides and antiseptics, and particularly to a preparation which has been successfully used in the treatment of diseases of the skin and scalp, in

the treatment of genital infections, such as gonorrhea or urethritis (acute or chronic, specific or non-specific), in the treatment of cuts and bruises and as a dressing in surgical Work and for other uses in medicine and surgery. Thus far it has been used very effectively for genital infections.

This medicine has also been used with great success on such skin afi'ections as barbers itch or other ulcerated face diseases, dandrufi', scalp ulcers and irritated, dry, cracked or sore scalp.- Also highly satisfactory results have attended its use on piles, especially itching piles, sore or bleeding piles, before they have protruded to such an extent as to render an operation necessary. For this purpose I recommend, first application of awarm wet towel or cloth, followed by thorough appli-v cation to the anus and rectum with cotton or gauze saturated with this medicine. x In the treatment of skin and scalp diseases best results are obtained by first applying a hot wet towel, and following with an application of the medicine thoroughly rubbedor massaged into the scalp or skin. It is especially effective in case. of .scalds or burns quickly taking the soreness out and havin a soothing and cooling efiect. A general object of the invention is to provide a preparation in the nature of a relatively persistent and stable emulsion, which shall contain the reaction products of oil, (preferablyvegetable oil) and compounds of sulphur, iodine, phenol and lime so combined with one another. as to secure the desired therapeutic action of the said ingredients,

and the reaction products thereof, but with.-

out producing the injurious effects which would result were these ingredients used separately which would be very irritating, especially in the urethra.

preferably with the following ingredients which may be used in approximate proportions by volume (and substantially these pro- Application filed March 2d, 1928. sum No. 263,217.

portions have successfully been used in the 7 treatment of genital infections) Tlncture of iodine .s 2.5% Phenol (carbolio acid) .5% Total 7% Solution of sulphurated lime.-. .-.--3%

Oil (vegetable oil) .--.-93%

The tincture of iodine should preferably contain both iodine and otassium iodide. I prefer to make this by rst dissolving about 50 grams of potassium iodide in 50 c. c; of water, adding 7 0 grams of resublimed iodine (and when solution is obtained) alcohol (say 95% strength) is added to make up 1 liter.

The phenol is preferably-pure carbolic acid, of say 87% concentration. In some cases cresol or xylenol may be, substituted for phenol. Cresol and xylenol however are somewhat more harsh or stronger and irritating to the skin and preferably are not used on tender skin; tended to cover such substances,'or mixtures thereof.

In connection with the use of cresol and .ploying considerably smaller proportions of The term a phenol is in- Y these, if substituted for the phenol. It is I also to be understood that mixtures of two or more of these substances may be employed, within the scope of the invention. The term a phenol as herein em loyed, is intended to embrace phenol (C H )I-I) and its homolo ues, or mixtures thereof.

he solution of sulphurated lime is preferably made by boiling together'2 parts of lime, 3 parts of sulphur (say .sublimed'sulphur) and 7 parts of water, while agitating the mixture. The resulting solution can be strained or, filtered, and will then contain calcium poly-sulphide and calcium thio-sulphate.

The oil employed is preferably a fatty vegetable oil. Corn oil has given very satisfactory results. Cottonseed oil, peanut/oil, olive oil, or mixtures of these are also suit- 7 v able. Liquid animaloils are generally-more This medicinal preparation may be made expensive and not materially better for the purpose. I

The foregoing proportions are those which I have found .to give very good results for 'Iinoture of iodine sion.

eneral use. However, the proportions can varied somewhat. The above example includes 93% of oil with 7% of the more active components. In other cases the proportions of the latter may vary from about 3% up to 12%, more or less, de ending upon the particular purpose for which the medicine is to be used. v

. An example of a more concentrated medicine, suitable for application to cuts, cruises, scalp and skin treatment, etc., would be Phenol .-2%}Total12% Solution 0! sulphurated lime 4% Fatty oil (preferably vegetable oil, say corn oil) .-..88%

The medicinal preparation, aside from any precise proportions, is made as follows :The phenol is mixed with the ve etable oil, and to this is added the tincture o iodine and the solution ofsulphurated lime, and the mixture is alternately agitatedviolently for a time and allowed to settle for a time, over a period of about four days or longer, when the chemical reactions are complete and the emulsion is permanent. During this treatment fumes are given off from the mixture and there is a continual change in the appearance and odor thereof, and important chemical changes have taken place, as shown by analysis.

Without limiting myself to any particular theor of operation, the following are what I beheve to bethe principal chemical reactions taking Flace:

Any free atty acids in the oil may unite with any free lime (or even with calcium polysulfide) to produce lime soaps, or any free alkali in the emulsion ma react with free fatty acid or glycerides in t e oil to produce a soluble soap that in turn might react with lime or its salts to form lime soaps, which, although insoluble in water, dissolve to some extent in the oil. The lime soaps present, havinga somewhat sticky or clinging tendency, cause the medicine to'loe retained 'on the skin, or mucous membrane better than aqueous or simple oily solution.

The free iodine reacts with some of the polysulfide and/or'thiosulfate, formin calcium iodide, thionate compounds of ca cium (say (M8 0 and free sulphur. Some extremely finely divided free sulphur (probably partly colloidal sulphur) which on ac countof its fine condition and the more or less viscous character of the vehicle of oil and lime soap, remains in complete suspen- The phenol may react, to some extent at least, with calcium; thiosulphate or polysul- 'phide, forming phenolates. The reactions are somewhat obscure, but the following facts show that some chemical chan' s do take place.

(a The medicine is non-irriating, whereas phenol, iodine and solutions of sulphurated lime are each very irritating when, used separately. The medicine is not only nonirritating, but it is soothing, especially when injected into the urethral canal. It can be so injected with a syringe as is commonly used for that purpose. This medicine has been so used on hundreds of gonorrhea pa:

tients in tests, and in no instance has there been any complaint about it irritating the gatient, but in all instances the patient a er the injection into the urethral canal shows relief from pain, and the medicine is held in the urethral canal for fifteen to twenty tion the form a very satisfactory treatment for the isease, bothin men and women. Also as a treatment for leucorrhcea it has proven very satisfactory.

(b) The combination used in the'medicine does not diminish the antiseptic or germicidal value of any of the in redients, but makes a medium with an alk ine'reaction, and less irritating; and the escharbtic action of phenol in this medicine is, or is practically, nil.

(0) Due to the alkalinity of the medicine it causes a change in the reaction of the urethral secretion that is inhibitory to the growth'of gonococcus, for it has been proven that the gonococcus (grows best about pH of 7 .4. Actual tests an experiments show that thepH (or hydrogen-ion concentration) ofthis medicine is ap roximately 9'. When this medicine is-injecte into the urethral canal it causes 'a change in the reaction of the secretions from the body in the urethral canal, and

produces a condition or environment or atmosphere in which the gonococcus cannot proliferate. It not only stops the spread of the infection, but it enetrates the tissues, and reacts with the bodi y secretions to such an extent that the onoccoci resent are killed, and

thrown off. one of t e ingredients if used separately will cause this effect and herein is the principal value of this product, for treating the disease.

(d) The combination of the ingredlents used in the medicine produces an alkaline dru whereas iodine and phenol used separate y are acid. An alkaline drug is beneficial in the treatment of gonorrhea, and in skin diseases. Hence the beneficial result of the medicine is to change the acid drugs to alkaline without losing septic value thereof.

(c) This medicine when injected into the urethral canal stimulates the activity of the mucous membrane causing an increase in the number of leucocytes, or pus cells, to be thrown off, or, in other words, this combination of theingredients increases the phagothe germicidal and anti- The reaction of the urethal secretion has then so changed that the gonococci cannot live and proliferate.

This preparation gent, but as a stimulant and antiseptic thereby causing a free flow of pus and'throwing ofl of the pus cells and gonococci engulfed by them as well as washing out of free gonococci. There is not the danger of recurrence after this type of treatment as there is where strong astringents are .used. The result is that the atient has no further trouble with the brea ing out of the disease some time later.

The foregoing results have been obtained by actual treatment of hundreds of cases, and by actual laboratory tests.

The antiseptic value of this medicine (7% formula, above) is equivalent to approximately a 1 150 dilution of phenol, killing macillus typhosus in 15 minutes. An analysis of the emulsion is found to contain the oil, say a vegetable oil, soap in an insoluble form, free sulphur, potassium iodide, calcium iodide, calcium compounds of sulphur, phenolated oil, phenolates, glycerine and alcohol.

Considering the ingredients separately, the

solution of sulphurated lime is a parasiticide which is used in the treatment of itch, scabies, and other skin diseases. Phenol acts as a germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, escharotio,

and is used in a diluteform, as an application to ulcers, venereal sores and hemorrhoids. Vegetable oils is demulcent and emollient. It is absorbed (far better than other oils by i the cutaneous and mucous membranes. incture of iodine acts as a disinfectant, parasiticide, irritant, and counter-irritant.

The mixture of these medicinal substances and the consequent chemical reactions, proinbefore stated ma vide in this emulsion a preparation'which embodies the desirable efiects of each of the substances without producing injurious effects. The preparation is non-toxic; it will not cause the formation of scar tissue nor in duce stricture. 1

This preparation is a combination of well known drugs, none of which, however, can be used alone in treatin genital infections without the possibility 0% serious injury and when combined with oil an emulsion is produced which is far superior therapeutically to any one of the original ingredients used by itself.

It will be understood that the proportions of the ingredients of the preparation herebe modified somewhat without departing rom the spirit of the invention and that while the iodine, carbolic does not actas an astrintive ingredients, other ingredients may be used which will not aflect the stability or. ef-

ficacy of the perparation. I prefer however to substantially maintain the approximate ratio of the three active components indicated, to each other, as indicated in the examples.

The present application constitutes an imrovement upon my prior application Serial 10. 47,631, filed August 1, 1925.

I claim A medicine comprising thereaction products of the following in aboutthe proportions stated, namely Per cent Tincture of iodine, about; o 4 Phenol (carbolic acid), about 1.5 to Solution of sulphurated lime, about 3 to Liquid fatty oil which does not dry readily,

about 1 88 to 93 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OASMER R. BROWN. 

